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4434A peer review of La Juventud Opinahttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007879
La Juventud Opina presents topics that young people find relevant to their lives such as Human Rights,Education, Health,HIV AIDS and the Environment, Bullying among others. This site, created in 1995 by UNICEF and available in English, French and Spanish, encourages dialogue on a wide range of issues affecting young people throughout the world.A peer review of The Labor Market - BizEd Lesson Planhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007938
The lesson plan looks at the issues surrounding labor market flexibility with respect to increasing market efficiency via enhanced capacity from the supplier/producer angle. Students get to understand the demand and supply of labor including derived demand and determination of wage rates. Some background information is provided on the difference between flexible working and flexible labour markets. The plan includes a PowerPoint, a mind-map and detailed activity that the students and instructor can take advantage of. While links and the website are based in U.K., the concept can easily be applied in U.S. context.A peer review of The HIV Infection Cyclehttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007079
Animation of how the HIV virus infects cells. Questions to test student understanding are also included.A peer review of B cellshttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007080
An animation describing what a B-cell is and how their are so many different types of B-cells. This interactive animation comes with a quiz and the ability to pause the material so students can take notes.A peer review of BioDitrlhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007083
Bio-DiTRL is the Bio-Database of the Digital Imagining and Resource Laboratory. This database was created at the University of Alberta Sun-SITE. This site is great for finding images, videos, animations and texts that can be useful for teaching biology.A peer review of Lysosomeshttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007092
Animation of how lysosomes function in a cell in phagocytosis and autolysis.A peer review of Entrepreneurial Thought Leadershttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007195
This is an active website for podcasts on Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders. This is a collection that began in 2005 and is updated on a regular basis. As of the date of this review, there were 234 separate podcasts available as free downloads in the iTunes Store. Each podcast is approximately one hour, the average range is between 50 minutes and 70 minutes long. There are many different speakers who have started businesses. Each discusses what it takes to have your own business venture and covers many different types of businesses.A peer review of WRITING IN COLORhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007231
This is a cross-disciplinary teacher’s handbook that focuses on teaching young artists to write and young writers to be artists. The informative manual helps the K-8 teacher to design lesson plans for students to write and illustrate picture books.A peer review of Meographhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1007301
Meograph is a web-based presentation app that can be used to produce rich, multimedia stories. With their simple, online interface, users can combine images, video, audio narration and geolocations into a playable digital story. This is a wonderful replacement for PowerPoint slideshows.A peer review of Photosynthesishttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1006682
This site, hosted by Taylor University, provides multiple learning modules to facilitate an understanding of the photosynthetic process. Modules include: an examination of the structural features of the chloroplast, the Calvin cycle’s process of carboxylation and reduction, and the light reactions including cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation. The site also hosts detailed drawings of the structures involved in photosynthesis including chloroplasts, thylakoids and the thylakoid membrane. This is an excellent site displaying the dynamic mechanisms involved in photosynthesis. This is a good site for individual tutorials or for use in the classroom.